Angeline Stoll Lillard

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Dr. Angeline Stoll Lillard is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. She is the Director of the Early Development Laboratory, one of four Child Development laboratories in the Psychology Department at the University. Dr. Lillard is an expert in Montessori education and the author of Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius, which is in its third edition and was awarded the Cognitive Development Society Book Award in 2006. Her other areas of expertise are pretend play, and more generally, how participating in fictional worlds influences people. Lillard is a Fellow of both the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association, and was awarded both the latter's Boyd McCandliss Young Scientist and Outstanding Dissertation (Developmental Psychology) Awards. Her research has been funded by federal and foundation sources.

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Biography

Dr. Lillard is author of Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius, 3rd edition. Her scientific work has appeared in journals such as Developmental Psychology and Cognitive Development, and has been featured in outlets such as The Washington Post, Forbes, and Slate.

Education

As an undergraduate, Lillard attended Smith College where she earned a Bachelor's of Arts in English Literature. After receiving her undergraduate degree, Lillard worked briefly as a Technical Writer for the Fortune Systems Corporation (1983-1985).

In 1991, Lillard finished her Ph.D in Psychology from Stanford University. She was awarded the American Psychological Association Outstanding Dissertation Award in 1992.

Career

• Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, 2006-Present.
• School of Education (affiliated faculty), 2008-Present.
• Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, 2000-2006
• Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, 1996-2000.
• National Science Foundation Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, 1996.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of San Francisco,1999-1996.
• Laboratory Technician, University of California, San Francisco, 1985-1987.
• Technical Writer, Fortune Systems Corporation, 1983-1985.

Research

Dr. Lillard's, primary research interests include pretend play and Montessori education. She is also interested in the development of theory of mind, children's executive function, children and media, neuroplasticity, contemplative practices, and culture and development.

Honors and awards

Dr. Lillard has received numerous awards and honors, including the National Science Foundation Research Highlights (2012); the James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Fellow, (2005-2006); the Life Academy Fellow (Max Planck-Berlin, Universities of Michigan, Virginia, Zurich, Humboldt, and Freie University-Berlin) in 2005; the British Psychological Society Visiting Fellow (2003); and the University of Virginia Teaching Fellow (1999-2000).

In addition to the above mention awards, in 2011, Lillard was made a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in recognition of her outstanding contributions in the field of psychology.

In 2006, Lillard was awarded the Cognitive Development Society Book Award for her book Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius.

In 1999, Lillard received the American Psychological Association Boyd McCandless Young Scientist Award which recognizes young scientists who make distinguished contributions to the field of developmental psychology.

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Bibliography

Book

Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius, 3rd edition(2017). Her book is currently being translated into multiple languages, such as Chinese, Vietnamese, French and Turkish.

This book presents Montessori's theoretical principles, the scientific research that has followed them, and how they are implemented in a Montessori classroom.

Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius received the Cognitive Development Society Book Award in 2006

Selected journal articles

2017

• Lillard, A. S., & ; Eisen, S. (2017). Why Montessori is a facilitative environment for theory of mind: Three speculations. In V. Slaughter; M. de Rosnay (Eds.),Theory of mind development in context. pp. 57-70. London: Routledge.

2016

• Dore, R.A., Smith, E.D. & Lillard, A.S. (2016). Children adopt the traits of characters in a narrative. Child Development Research.
• Eisen, S. & Lillard, A.S. (2016). Just google it: Young children's preferences for touchscreen versus books in hypothetical learning. Frontiers in Psychology.
• Hopkins, E.J., Smith, E.D., Weisberg, D.S. & Lillard, A.S. (2016). The development of substitute object pretense: The differential importance of form and function. Journal of Cognition and Development.
• Lillard, A. S. (2016). Montessori education and creativity. AMI Communications, 225-229.
• Lillard, A. S., & Heise, M. J. (2016). Removing supplementary materials from Montessori classrooms changed child outcomes. Journal of Montessori Research, 2, 17-27.

2015

• Lillard, A.S. (2015). The development of play. Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science.
• Lillard, A. S., Drell, M., Richey, E., Bogusweski, K., & Smith, E. D. (2015). Further examination of the immediate impact of cartoons on children's executive function. Developmental Psychology.
• Lillard, A. S., Li, H., & Boguszewski, K. (2015). Television and children's executive function. In J. B. Benson (Ed.), Advances in child development and behavior.
• Lillard, A. S., & Woolley, J. D. (2015). Grounded in reality: how children make sense of the unreal. Cognitive Development.

2014

• Dore, R. A., Hoffman, K., Lillard, A. S., & Trawalter, S. (2014). Children's racial bias in perceptions of others pain. British Journal of Developmental Psychology.
• Lillard, A. S., & Kavanaugh, R. D. (2014). The contribution of symbolic skills to the development of an explicit theory of mind: Scale models, language, and pretend play. Child Development.
• Oishi, S., Jaswal, V. K., Lillard, A. S., Mizokawa, A., Hitokoto, H., & Tsutsui, Y. (2014). Cultural variations in global versus local processing: A developmental perspective. Developmental Psychology.

2013

• Lillard, A. S. (2013). Playful learning and Montessori education. American Journal of Play, 5(2), 157-186. Reprinted in The NAMTA Journal, 38(2), 137-174.
• Lillard, A. S., Lerner, M. D., Hopkins, E. J., Dore, R. A., Smith, E. D., & Palmquist, C. M. (2013). The impact of pretend play on children's development: The state of the evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 139(1), 1-34.
• Lillard, A. S., Russ, S., Golinkoff, R., & Hirsch-Pasek, K. (2013). Probing play: The research we need. American Journal of Play, 6(1), 161-165

2012

• Lillard, A. S. (2012). Preschool children's development in classic Montessori, supplemented Montessori, and conventional programs. Journal of School Psychology, 50, 379-401.
• Smith, E. D., & Lillard, A. S. (2012). Play on: Retrospective reports of the persistence of pretend play into middle childhood. Journal of Cognition and Development, 13(4), 524-549.

Selected media interviews and appearances

• "How creative learning could benefit Southeast Asia's children" Southeast Asia Globe , October 3, 2016
• "Your child's brain on technology: television" GreatSchools, June 22, 2016
• The Future Of Education Was Invented In 1906 - Forbes (2014)
• Lillard, A.S. (2013, July). 10 Questions. LIFE Newsletter, pp. 24-26.
• "If you are reading this article, your kid probably doesn't need preschool." Slate, January 16, 2013.
• "Pretend play may not drive child development as much as once thought." APA Monitor, December 2012.
• Greenwood, R; Lillard, A. S. (2012). "Television and young children's executive function". Pediatrics for Parents, 28(1-2), 21-22.
• "School Choice, Testing, and Montessori". Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, 10 May 2010.
• "Montessori". Albemarle Family Magazine, January, 2007. Reprinted January 2008.
• "Montessori, Now 100, Goes Mainstream", Washington Post, January 2, 2007

Podcasts/Radio

• Parents Journal - Dr. Angeline Lillard interview on weekly National Public Radio (NPR) broadcast.
• Montessori education turns 100 - Researcher Angeline Lillard discusses Montessori education on Minnesota Public Radio.
• The Montessori Legacy - Dr. Lillard, Wendy Fisher and Eric Lamb are interviewed on the public interest program Insight produced by WMRA radio.
• Parent's Perspective podcast - Dr. Lillard is interviewed on the weekly Public Radio Program focused on parenting.

Selected addresses and talks in psychology

2016

• Keynote Speaker, Inauguration of Montessori Teacher Training Program, Brescia, Italy, October, 2016
• Keynote Inaugural Speaker, Virginia Montessori Association, October, 2016
• Invited Speaker, Psychonomics Society Workshop on the Evolutionary and Psychological Significance of Play, Chicago, June, 2016
• Keynote Speaker, Hsin Yi 7 th Early Childhood Conference, Taipei, May, 2016
• Cambridge University 2016

2015

• Keynote Speaker, Montessori Society of Slovenia, October, 2015
• Center for Affective Science, University of Geneva, 2015
• Life Course Academy 2005, 2010, 2013, 2015 (University of Michigan, Zurich University)

2014

• University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 2014

2013

• Keynote Address, Symposium in honor of Candida Peterson, Environmental Influences on Children's Theories of Mind. Australasian Human Development Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, July, 2013

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References

• Child Development Laboratories
• Early Development Lab
• Montessori-Science Homepage
• Dr. Angeline Lillard CV
• American Psychological Association
• http://www.cattell.duke.edu/
• ResearchGate

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External links

• University of Virginia, Psychology Department
• Angeline Lillard's Homepage
• Early development Lab website
• Child Development Laboratories Homepage
• Montessori-Science.org
• Amazon Books
• https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2004103917/

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